Published September 2025 

Book Description

Callum Jackson is no hero. He is a weary Glaswegian drawn to the Camino de Santiago by a dream and a letter. With his Gran's blessing, he sets out — not knowing what he is walking toward, but certain he cannot stay where he is.

Along the way, old wounds begin to soften. A quiet romance takes shape. And the road itself seems to awaken something that had long been dormant.

The Way That Loved Me Back is a novel about the kind of healing that doesn't announce itself — that arrives quietly, in the middle of a hard day's walking, when you're too tired to resist it.

This is where Callum's pebble gets placed. This is where the journey begins.

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A Note from Jamie

The Way That Loved Me Back began with a question I couldn't answer standing still. In August 2018 I left Glasgow, flew to Biarritz, and started walking across northern Spain. I arrived in Santiago de Compostela on 5 September. Six days later — after walking back along the English Way — I arrived again, on my Gran's birthday. I did not plan that. The road gave it to me.

Callum Jackson is not me. But he walks the same road, carries the same weight, and arrives at the same unexpected grace. The name is a literary choice — a fictional distance from a real journey. He carries something of Gran Jackson in his surname. He carries something of me in everything else.

About the Series

The Callum Jackson Adventure Series follows one character across three pilgrimages — and the landscapes that change him along the way. Each book stands alone, but they reward reading in order.

Book 1 — The Way That Loved Me Back ← You are here. The Camino de Santiago. Spain. Where it begins.

Book 2 — The Glasgow Kiss Glasgow at Christmas. Seven years later. Coming 24 September 2026.

Book 3 — The Long Walk to the White House The Whithorn Way. Southwest Scotland. Published June 2026.